This is why Monica’s apartment in Friends was painted purple

After ten years of being there for us, Friends left our screens in 2004 – leaving a Central Perk shaped hole in our hearts – and we’re still not over it.

Yes it may have been 14 years since Chandler, Rachel, Ross, Monica, Phoebe and Joey made their last appearances but it still feels like it was just yesterday.

We’re still deeply invested in Rachel and Ross’ tumultuous relationship, we’ve never given up hope on Parker (Alec Baldwin) coming back into our lives, and are we the only ones confused by our feelings for Ben now that he’s grown up and starring in Riverdale?

Basically, we’re not over Friends at all, trying to fill the void with exciting revelations and hidden Friends meanings that we still haven’t noticed over 10 years on.

The revealing of the Friends original casting was probably the biggest shock so far – what would we have done if Eric McCormack and John Favreau had accepted the roles of Ross and Chandler, and what if Courtney Cox really had napped the role of Rachel from Jennifer Aniston? Yes, all of these things almost happened.

The latest Friends revelation to take the internet by storm however revolves around Monica’s apartment, with the set designer John Shaffner explaining the reasons behind his interiors decisions.

In an interview with Great Big Story, Shaffner explained why he chose the colour purple for Monica’s apartment and how difficult it was to convince the rest of the crew that it was the right idea.

‘Nobody likes change until I painted the little model [apartment] purple,’ he explained. ‘Colour is really important in establishing the show identity. When you switch to Friends, you see that it is purple and you stay tuned.’

‘One of the responsibilities of a production designer is to look into the future,’ he continued, going on to reference the running joke of Monica’s locked cupboard door, eventually opened in season eight revealing Monica as a secret hoarder.

Explaining how the plot hadn’t been decided upon at the time, Shaffner recalled, ‘We put a door all the way up this hallway and we really didn’t say where it went to. I said, “Why don’t we just wait and see where the story is taken?”’